Traveling through Chenghan Xiandi, fortunately I have a simulator

Chapter 143 Zhang Liao Defeated?

"We are going to attack the city tomorrow morning, but this time we only need to deploy half of the trebuchets, half of the ladder carts, and half of the well curbs. The army's attack does not need to be too violent. You are responsible for this attack." Zhu Jun thought for a while and said.

"General, what does this mean?" Zhang Liao asked in confusion.

"You don't need to ask, just do as I ask." Zhu Jun didn't explain.

They are also the three heroes of the late Han Dynasty. Zhu Jun's temper is different from Huangfu Song's. Zhu Jun was born in a poor family, and all his abilities have been trained in countless battles on the battlefield, so his temper is a bit domineering, and he rarely interacts with his subordinates. War consultation.

Regarding Zhu Jun's temper, Zhang Liao could only accept it. Although Zhu Jun had a bad temper, as a general, he was able to select his subordinates according to their merits. This fact was enough for his soldiers to serve him.

After Zhang Liao received Zhu Jun's military order, he went down and arranged for various school lieutenants to start preparations, and they will attack the city early tomorrow morning.

Early the next morning, the sky was just getting bright, and even the moon had just set from the sky.

At this time, Zhang Liao had already led the forward troops to the outside of Anyi City. According to Zhu Jun's request, he did not mobilize the main force of the army this time, but only the forward troops.

Zhu Jun's army is mainly divided into five parts. The central army is led by Zhu Jun, which is the strongest and most elite. The other four teams are the vanguard, the left wing, the right wing, and the logistics supply force.

Among them, the combat ability of the forward troops is slightly weaker than that of the right-wing troops, but stronger than that of the left-wing troops.

Although Anyi is a big city, it is not protected by a moat because it is far away from the Weishui River, but that is why Yang Fengcai is more careful.

Zhang Liao issued orders to the various military officers through messengers, ordering his soldiers to set up well curbs outside Anyi City. Since the well curbs were too large, they could only be built on the spot.

Of course, apart from those who built the well fence, other soldiers began to push the ladder carts, and some soldiers carried simple wooden ladders. In fact, the number of ladders in Zhu Jun's army was enough to attack the city wall of Anyi, but Zhang Liao could only use half of them. , he can only do so.

Of course, these soldiers were accompanied by the use of catapults, but due to the lack of catapults, the first wave of attack did not cause much damage to Anyi City.

Yang Feng in Anyi City is not at the west gate of Anyi at the moment. Logically speaking, since the opponent chooses to attack the west gate of Anyi, Yang Feng, as the general in the city, should direct the overall situation at the west gate at this moment, but Yang Feng is too He was afraid of Zhu Jun's prestige, so he could only obediently hide behind, and even prepared his fleeing horse.

There are four guards at the west gate of Anyi City, namely Li Le, Han Xian, Hu Cai, and Xu Huang. The other three are different from Xu Huang. They all bring their own soldiers and horses and join the Baibo bandits. , only Xu Huang is the general sent by Yang Feng.

The four guards maintained the most basic balance, Li Yue, Hu Cai, and Han Xian were responsible for guarding the city gate, and Xu Huang was in charge of logistics arrangements.

Facing the attack of Zhu Jun's vanguard, Li Yue and Hu Cai quickly reacted.

Li Yue and Han Siam were in charge of supervising the guarding soldiers on the city wall. If anyone retreated, their supervising soldiers would kill the retreating soldiers.

Hu Cai was in charge of consolidating the city gates and the supply of soldiers in the rear. Whenever Li Yue informed the lower party that there were not enough soldiers defending the city, Hu Cai would send a troop to the city wall to continue defending the city.

As for Xu Huang, he has martial arts skills, but now he is staying in the logistics barracks, and he is extremely depressed.

Yang Feng sent him here to restrain Li Yue, Hu Cai, and Han Xian, but it was a pity that the three of them worked together and drove Xu Huang away. If Yang Feng personally commanded the overall situation at the west gate, Li Yue, Hu Cai, Han Xian never dared to act like this, after all, the real coach of the Baibo thief is only Yang Feng.

It's a pity that Yang Feng was too cowardly, he didn't dare to come to the front to command the battle, he only dared to send Xu Huang there, in this case, no wonder Li Yue, Hu Cai, and Han Xian.

Zhang Liao never expected that the vanguard troops he led could still suppress the defenders of Anyi City. In fact, this is not surprising, because the real elite troops of the Baibo bandits are currently protecting Yang Feng in the county government.

Facing Zhu Jun's army, Yang Feng was ready to run from the very beginning, he had already thought about where to run, and the generals under him were not just Xu Huang and others, Xu Huang It's more like an abandoned son, used to confuse Li Yue, Hu Cai, Han Xian and others.

Although the Baibo bandit was established by Yang Feng alone, but because Li Yue, Hu Cai, and Han Xian led troops to join, these three people had faintly confronted him. Even in this Anyi city, about half of the troops They all belonged to Li Yue, Hu Cai, and Han Xian.

However, although Zhang Liao's troops successfully suppressed the troops defending the city, that was all.

After Li Yue and Han Xian were afraid of Zhu Jun's army at the beginning, seeing that Zhu Jun's army was nothing more than that, they lost some fear and began to command in an orderly manner.

The battle lasted from morning to noon, and both sides were a little tired. Zhang Liao saw that his goal had been achieved, so he beat the drums and withdrew his troops.

When Zhu Jun in the tent heard Zhang Liao's report on the damage to the soldiers, he didn't particularly care. He just asked him to arrange for the soldiers to rest and fight again in two days.

Zhang Liao was a little depressed. This battle was really aggrieved. Although he never thought of breaking the city of Anyi from the very beginning, at least he had to fight until the opponent was afraid. But in today's battle, the opponent was less afraid as he went to the back. The imperial army.

In the next few days, Zhang Liao's task was to attack Anyi County, but he returned in vain every time.

The guards in Anyi City went from being afraid at the beginning to getting used to it later on. They were actually a little annoyed that they had given up the other five cities because they were afraid of Zhu Jun's prestige. However, all of this had nothing to do with Xu Huang, because he It's still in the logistics department, even though the logistics department of Anyi City is at the west gate.

In the palace hall, Da Si Nong is discussing with the ministers about the expropriation of 20 civilians. In order to persuade the ministers, he asked his main officials to prepare a lot of materials, but these agricultural-related materials are not suitable for ministers who have almost never been in contact with agriculture. Literally, it's too far away.

"Your Majesty, for an uncertain drought, is it worth spending so much manpower and material resources?" Jing Zhaoyin Sima Fang said.

For this group of officials, it is uncertain whether there will be a drought this summer, but for Zhang Ming, the life simulator directly told him the result, so he actually has no choice at all.

"Da Sinong, tell the ministers the benefits of building the canal?" Zhang Ming looked at Da Sinong and nodded again.

It's not easy for Zhang Ming to speak directly about this matter. As an emperor, he doesn't know as much about agriculture as these officials, and what he said would not convince everyone.

"Ministers, please take a look." Da Si Nong asked his officials to bring a map.

"Once the canals are completed and the keel waterwheels are added, even if there is no rain this summer, relying on the Wei River, Jing River and several other rivers, the Jingzhao area will be able to survive the severe drought."

"As for whether there will be a severe drought this summer, the ministers only need to ask the farmers more to know."

Before other officials could speak, Zhang Ming spoke first.

"Although I don't know much about agriculture, I have heard a proverb that 'auspicious snow heralds a good year'. However, last winter there was not a single snowfall. Now there are rumors that there will be a severe drought this year. Are you ministers really waiting for the severe drought? Are you making preparations?" Zhang Ming asked.

The rumors among the people are really not made up by Zhang Ming. It is almost early spring now, and there are more and more people who care about agriculture. Coupled with the waterwheel incident, the people are now talking about it. After all, agriculture is closely related to the common people.

In terms of agriculture, the ministers really have no way to refute Da Sinong's point of view, because he is a professional.

Looking at the hesitant expressions of the ministers, Zhang Ming continued to say:
"I know what the ministers are worried about. It is nothing more than fear that I will use the people's power excessively, and thus cause the people's livelihood to resent me like the national traitor Dong Zhuo."

Even Yang Biao, the head of the officials, couldn't say this in front of the officials, but they were indeed worried about it.

"The national traitor Dong Zhuo conscripted 25 civilians to build the Wuwu just to satisfy his own selfish desires. For this reason, he searched everywhere for food and money, even my palace."

"This time, I have requisitioned 20 peasants to build water canals, not only to survive the upcoming drought this year, but also for long-term considerations. Moreover, this time, I will not let them bring their own tools, but will also distribute new agricultural tools. At the same time, food subsidies will be distributed to those civilian husbands, and after the work is completed, the tools of the imperial court will also be given to them."

Hearing His Majesty's arrangement, the officials were a little ashamed. In the end, this matter was originally a good thing that benefited the country and the people. Although their worries were justified, but His Majesty has given so much to subsidize the people, they are hard to say No.

"Your Majesty, since it is for the future of the great man, I should also express that I am willing to contribute [-] shi of grain." Yang Biao said generously.

His Majesty has already made so many preparations for this matter, and it is definitely not something that can be persuaded by a few words from a hundred officials. In this case, Yang Biao is no longer stingy.

"Your Majesty, I am also willing to contribute eight thousand shi of grain." Ting Wei Zhong Yao said.

When Zhong Yao saw Yang Biao's statement, he quickly understood that the most important thing for these aristocratic families was food.

Zhang Ming was a little surprised by the two or three expressions of the officials. His purpose this time was only to get the officials to agree to build the canal, but he did not expect that there would be a surprise.

In addition to this matter, Zhang Ming also told Baiguan about Chen Cang, rewarded Jia Xu with a thousand gold in public, and told Baiguan about Jia Xu's promotion to the post of servant.

Only then did everyone look at the unknown Jia Xu, except for Liu Cao Shangshu who knew Jia Xu, no one else knew Jia Xu.

However, once Li Jue, Guo Si, and Fan Chou were removed, no one would underestimate Jia Xu's talent. After all, the prestige of these three people was not underestimated by officials.

Jia Xu made a gesture to everyone, then fell silent again.

After the court meeting ended, Cui Ming counted the performances of the officials. This time, the contributions of the officials alone amounted to nearly [-] shi of grain.

The matter of recruiting civilians to dig canals was formally handed over to Da Sinonong and the military department to complete the work together. Da Sinong was mainly responsible for the location and requirements of the excavation, while the military department was responsible for recruiting civilians.

In fact, enlisting civilian husbands is not a special thing. During Dong Zhuo's reign, it was commonplace to recruit civilian husbands. However, what is special about the recruitment of civilian husbands this time is that the imperial court will regularly distribute new farm tools and food to the recruited civilian husbands.

The first batch of conscripts took the grain and new farm tools they had already received. They tried the new farm tools and found that they were much easier to use than before. Take the shovel as an example. The previous shovel was scrapped in the field. A lot of strength, and when encountering hard stones, I dare not use force at all, because it is easy to break if I use force.

But the new type of shovel is completely different. Not only is it very sharp and can easily penetrate the ground, but it is also so hard that ordinary soil and stones will shatter when touched.

Huangfusong is not only good at managing the army, he is also good at managing civilians, Zhang Ming can only rest assured that this matter is handed over to Huangfusong.

Fortunately, the imperial court was not short of food, which was why Zhang Ming dared to conscript 20 civilian husbands. He didn't want to ruin the glorious image that the imperial court had finally established in the hearts of the people because of complaints about the people's livelihood.

The small counties around Chang'an had been cleared of the uprising forces by Xu Rong, and a 500-man army was left next to the county government to replace the original private soldiers, so the local enlistment of civilian husbands could only be done by these 500 men. The imperial court army is mainly responsible.

As for the magistrates and county magistrates in various places, they are only responsible for receiving food and new farm tools from the imperial court. They seem to have control over the money and power, but in fact there are guards watching from behind them, so they don't dare to embezzle too much.

Faced with this situation, Zhang Ming could only turn a blind eye. The construction of Taixue has just started, and the imperial edict has not yet been issued. If you want to change the county magistrates in various places, you still have to wait for the arrival of Taixue.

Fortunately, these county magistrates can no longer have their own private soldiers. For the court, this alone can save a lot of taxes for the people.

On the battlefield in Hedong County, this was the fifth time Zhang Liao had returned without success. Although each attack only sent forward troops, the repeated failures still caused Zhu Jun's army's morale to drop a lot.

In the conference hall at the west gate of Anyi City, Li Le, Hu Cai, Han Xian, and Xu Huang were discussing the next move.

"It seems that Zhu Jun is nothing more than that," Li Le said first.

"Brother Li, don't be careless. This is just Zhang Liao, Zhu Jun's subordinate. Zhu Jun hasn't taken any action yet." Han Xian responded.

"Brother Han, why are you as timid as Yang Feng? No one here knows that this Zhang Liao is Zhu Jun's number one general. I'm afraid that Zhu Jun might not be able to capture Anyi City and ruin his reputation for the rest of his life. That's why Zhang Liao was asked to act for him." Hu Cai said jokingly.

"Brother Xu, what do you think?" Hu Cai joked again.

"I'm just in charge of food and grass, how do I know how the imperial army is?" Xu Huang said mercilessly.

"That's right, you don't need to bother Brother Xu with such trivial matters as defending the city." Hu Cai laughed.

(End of this chapter)